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So, where do all these cups come from, and why? 

This is probably going to be a multi-part article. So let me start by saying this: I am still discovering new things as I encounter new items that revise older ideas I've had. It's been more than ten years since I started this hobby (I came from the angle of ceramics, not militaria, by the way). So it's actually rather interesting to see there are still new things to discover after all these years.

First of all, these were all commemorative items. For those of you who collect all types...

Now that imperialjapansakecups.com is no more, I feel it is perhaps necessary to write a series of articles to replace and also update some of the information contained in that website. This will both be meant as an introduction to those who are new to the hobby, but also hopefully offer something interesting to those who have already been collecting for some time. 

The first thing that is worth talking about is - what are the books out there on the subject? Militaria collectors and military history aficionados in general tend to like books - they are at once more...

As some of you may have heard, Rich is going to shut down his site on sake cups pretty soon. I know I used his site a lot when I first started out collecting and then selling cups - it's a great resource especially when there isn't much information, and I know a lot of my customers also used his site extensively. Well, it seems like he's ending its existence. So if there's anything you'd like to keep from his website, you should go check it out before it gets decommissioned. 

In the meantime, I'm building up a history...

Something I haven't really advertised very well is the rewards program attached to this website. Basically, for every dollar you spend here you get 10 points, and for 1000 points (so $100 spent) you can redeem the points for a $5 coupon to be used as free money here on the site. It's a pretty simple structure. If you click on the link to the "Earn Rewards" tab on the bottom right of the page, you will see the information for the rewards program. You can redeem coupons of up to $25 in denomination at a time. 

If you have any...

Sometimes going through cups give you interesting facts that is not apparent. Unfortunately, unless one digs into the archives, sometimes very little can come in the way of confirmation of these information, so the results remain piecemeal. The existence of some of these items, however, do tell us that something happened or some unit existed - even when we thought it might not be the case!

An example of this is this cup

It very specifically tells us is for a military exercise in training transport units to ford rivers. It's unfortunate that there is no...